Dear all,
This week will be the third "Harvard Quantum Information Group Meeting", which
will be held on Thursday, October 13th at 4:30 pm in Jefferson 250.
This week, Eddie Farhi will talk about QAOA.
Title: Virtues of the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm
Abstract: I will review how the QAOA works, and show how to obtain worst case performance
guarantees, and discuss how it has quantum supremacy at the shallowest depth. I will also
describe its performance on an all-to-all connected spin glass model in the infinite size
limit. Other stuff as time permits.
The meeting is open to everyone at Harvard interested in quantum information, including
those in condensed matter physics, AMO physics, high energy physics, computer science,
chemistry, etc. The format includes weekly tutorials (by both external and internal
speakers) of contemporary topics in quantum information and quantum computing, aimed for a
broad scientific audience.
We will also try to foster connections between different groups at Harvard which are
interested in or involved with quantum information, and build a broader community.
Hope to see you all there. If you would like to join the mailing list for this meeting,
please e-mail harvardqimeeting(a)gmail.com <mailto:harvardqimeeting@gmail.com> which
will add you.
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